San Japan :3 unleashes the anime/manga awesome today through Sunday

Grab your Pocky and ruby red wigs, otaku. Time to chill out with your fellow anime and manga fanatics at San Japan :3. The con kicks off today and runs through Sunday at the Marriott Rivercenter hotel — now one location to bring them all and in the air conditioning bind them.

“That was our biggest request,” says convention chairman Dave Henkin in my Weekender story. “‘Please find someplace that we don’t have to be in the 100-plus degree heat.’”

Read more about the con’s cool guests and events at the Weekender link. And come back to Geek Speak and the Downtown Blog for more San Japan goodness.